Best Solution to De-Ice Alaska´s Road Ways

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Trash, pavement, cars, smoke, gas, buildings, this is all you will find in a city. The Kenai peninsula is one of the few places in America were you can still fish for salmon. It is described “as one of the most beautiful places on earth.” It’s our job as a community to protect our river, animals, and all of Alaska's beauty. Alaska already does a great job of keeping our roads clear but during that process we use a lot of road salt. Road salt is extremely harmful to the environment, animals, trees, soil, water, cars and roads.

Alaska's winters demand a affordable and effective way of de-icing the roads. Road salt however is so harmful to the environment that it is very important to use as little of it as possible. Not only does road salt corrode our roads, and damage our cars but it also has negative affects on our animals. Road salt (sodium chloride) makes it's way into the environment by runoff, melting ice, melting snow, and also by wind. The salt that does make it off the road causes significant damage to the humans, soil, vegetation, plants, animals, aquatic lif...

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